Media Advisory: Nationwide Childrens Hospital Hosts Hilliard Close To Home Center Family Day

October 24, 2014

WHAT:

Nationwide Children’s Hospital hosts free Hilliard Close To Home Center Family Day that will include fun activities, refreshments and a tour of the new facility

WHEN:

9 a.m.-11 a.m., Saturday, October 25, 2014

WHERE:

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Hilliard Close To Home Center

4363 All Seasons Drive (off of Britton Parkway just north of Cemetery Road)

Hilliard, Ohio 43026

Please note: This newly-developed location may not show up correctly on all maps software or GPS.

Please refer to the map below.

WHO:

Families and Friends of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Nationwide Children’s Hospital Hilliard Close To Home Center has moved and began seeing patients at the new location Oct. 20. The move will enhance the patient experience by providing expanded services.

With the new center, Nationwide Children’s will be able to provide additional services, making it easier for families to access those services “close to home.” Nationwide Children’s bring specialized pediatric expertise to the community, provided by medical professionals dedicated solely to the provision of pediatric healthcare services.

Nationwide Children’s Close To Home Centers with Urgent Care are always designed to support services already provided by community physicians, such as laboratory, radiology and urgent care.

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CONTACT DAY OF EVENT:

Breanne Taylor

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Hilliard Close To Home Center Site Director

614-800-2582

About Nationwide Children's Hospital

Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & WorldReport ‘s 2018-19 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric health care systems providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 13,000 providing state-of-the-art pediatric care during more than 1.4 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.